Getting out of town was wonderful. The condo that my mother set us up with was beautiful. Nathan got to "swim" every day. His idea of swimming, of course, is holding onto me and let me pull him through the pool or using his "floatie" ring to be in the water with. But he didn't like the idea of going into a pool that he couldn't touch the bottom. There was a wading pool for small children, but the pump on it was broken, so he was out of luck. I tried to teach Nathan how to dunk his head under the water and he did it a couple of times on purpose and then he was done. At least he is learning for the times when he falls under the water so he doesn't end up with tons of water in his lungs. Even Emmy and Maren got into the swimming action. Emmy didn't care for the large pool because it was too cold for her, but she did like the "warm" tub.
Tuesday we went to the bear and wolf exploration center. Its a bear and wolf sanctuary for those naughty ones that can't seem to stay away from human places to get food and become nucences. Its either go be be looked at all the time or be put down. It was nice and fun, but not quite worth the price ($9.50 a person for two days) unless you go back for the second day, which because we wanted to go to Yellowstone, we didn't do.
Wednesday, we went to Yellowstone National Park. It was a lot of fun, but after 6 hours of driving places Maren and the kids were done. Nathan says that his favorite part was the going to see Old Faithful erupt and learning about how guisers work. He also liked being able to see the black bear at the side of the road. I never thought that we would ever see a bear in the wild. But we saw a bunch of people at the side of the road and a couple of park rangers watching to make sure nothing happened. So, I got out and snapped a couple of pictures. Definitely the closest I ever want to get to a live wild bear.
Tuesday we went to the bear and wolf exploration center. Its a bear and wolf sanctuary for those naughty ones that can't seem to stay away from human places to get food and become nucences. Its either go be be looked at all the time or be put down. It was nice and fun, but not quite worth the price ($9.50 a person for two days) unless you go back for the second day, which because we wanted to go to Yellowstone, we didn't do.
Wednesday, we went to Yellowstone National Park. It was a lot of fun, but after 6 hours of driving places Maren and the kids were done. Nathan says that his favorite part was the going to see Old Faithful erupt and learning about how guisers work. He also liked being able to see the black bear at the side of the road. I never thought that we would ever see a bear in the wild. But we saw a bunch of people at the side of the road and a couple of park rangers watching to make sure nothing happened. So, I got out and snapped a couple of pictures. Definitely the closest I ever want to get to a live wild bear.
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